Today, the Health Product Declaration® Collaborative (HPDC) announced the election of its 2017 Board of Directors. Three new members have joined the Board for the 2017 term: Jane Abernethy (Sustainability Officer, Humanscale), Jennifer Wagner (VP Sustainability, CarbonCure Technologies) and Margaret Whittaker (Managing Director and Chief Toxicologist, ToxServices LLC).

The 2017 HPDC Board Members are:

Jane Abernethy, Humanscale

John Amatruda, Vidaris, Inc.

Tim Cole, nora systems, Inc.

Suzanne Drake, Perkins+Will

Jean Hansen, HDR, Inc.

Heather Henriksen, Harvard University

Amanda Kaminsky, Building Product Ecosystems

Susan Kaplan, HLW International

Alison Mears, Parsons School of Design

Russell Perry, SmithGroupJJR

Anthony Ravitz, Google, Inc.

Gail Vittori, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems

Jennifer Wagner, CarbonCure Technologies

Bill Walsh, Healthy Building Network

Margaret Whittaker, ToxServices LLC

“We could not be more encouraged by the strength of the 2017 HPDC Board, with the diverse capabilities of our new members joining with those of our existing leadership,” said Amanda Kaminsky, Board Chair.

The organization’s bylaws were amended in 2016 to expand the Board from thirteen to fifteen members. The added seats provide an additional Board seat in both ecosystem and manufacturing member categories. Board terms were also lengthened from two to three years, with staggered terms distributed among members. The 2017 Board will have its first meeting in February 2017, at which time it will elect officers.

The growth of the HPDC Board reflects the growing membership of the organization, which has expanded from 25 to over 125 member organizations since September 2015. Individual participants now number over 300, representing a diverse blend of architects, designers, construction, engineering, property developers/owners/managers, product manufacturers and supporting companies in the consulting, informatics, research, advocacy and other fields.

The adoption of the HPD Open Standard for reporting of building product content and associated health information is also growing rapidly within the building industry. The recently introduced HPD Public Repository already has over 1,800 HPDs publicly available for search and download – at no cost to users.

About the Health Product Declaration® Collaborative

The Health Product Declaration Collaborative is a not-for-profit, customer-led, member organization committed to the continuous improvement of the building industry’s environmental and health performance through transparency and innovation. The HPD Collaborative created, supports and advances the HPD Open Standard, a format that enables accurate, reliable and consistent reporting of building product content and associated health information, through a consensus-based, stakeholder process. The HPD Open Standard is freely available to all at www.hpd-collaborative.org.